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T h e L u m b e r ja c k An Independent Student Publication at Northern Arizona University
Sept. 7*13, 2 0 0 6
A s tro n o m e r s d em o te P lu to to dwarf p lan et
• The celestial body discovered in Flagstaff was recently knocked off list as ninth planet
Local
restaurant
manager
caught
videotaping
ladies room
A L E X S C H U B E RT
T he L umberjack
A video camera found in
the women’s batnroom of
a local Flagstaff restaurant
has left a community reel­ing
and a restaurant owner
caught in the media cross­fire.
Cameron E. Lauck, 21,
was arrested Aug. 18 after
a female guest discovered a
video camera in the ceiling
of the women’s restroom at
El Capitan Fresh Mexican
Grill on Milton.
See LOCAL, paqe 8
Senate
hopefuls
square off
Accusations fly as
potential nominees
offer-plans to clean
* bouse
M A TTH EW D EL O NG
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
Ever since form epAm o
na State Congressman and
D em ocraticfron t-ru n ner
Jack Jackson. Jr. dropped out
c>f the running for Rick Ren
zi’s seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives in March,
.^few political handicappers
have considered the race
particularly competitive.
See SE N A T E , paqe 5
A meeting in late August of
more thaii 2,500 astronomers
hosted by the International
Astronomers Union in the
Czech Republic re-evaluated
the guidelines of how to define
an object as a planet. When
Pluto failed to meet the new
requirements, astronomers
had to create a new definition
for the runt of the solar sys-
. Drew Brashler/The Lumberjack
D A V E BR U CE, J U N IO R electrical engineer major at NAU, looks through a Blink Comparator at the Lowell Observatory. The Blink Comparator was a
Jtool used by Clyde Tombaugh to help discover Pluto March 13,1930.
A L E X S C H U B E RT
The Lumberjack
The solar system taught
to most during elementary
school is no more. A slight
modification to a simple defi
nition has caused controversy
among scientists with the new
idea of a different, larger solar
system.
tem: a “dwarf planet.”
The original astronomical
definition of a planet was an
object that circled a star and
had enough mass to cause its
orbit to have a spherical shape.
This definition covered plan
ets ranging from the gas giant
of Jupiter to the tiny ice-rock
of Pluto. The new definition
requires celestial bodies to
clear its orbit around the sun
of space debris such as aster­oids,
as well as meet the previ­ous
qualifications. Since Pluto
is located in a region of the so­lar
system with large amounts
of small icy material known
as the Kuiper Belt, it does not
meet the new requirements
because the Belt contains over
70,000 as yet unidentified bod
ies over 100 km in diameter.
Despite the official count
of planets in our solar system
dwindling from nine to eight,
the IAU also voted in two new
additions. Two new dwarf
planets, one named Ceres
and another only nicknamed ♦
“Xena."
See PLUTO, paqe 9
Deaf student's voice heard loud and clear
Kamran Mousavi inspires signs of
change in PRMdepartment
O L IV IA S C H U B E RT
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
With a passion for na­ture
and extensive work ex­perience,
Kamran Mousavi,
a 29-year-oId transfer stu­dent,
was fueled by Flag
staff’s rich natural environ
ment to seek employment
with the Ecological Res
tdration Institute at NAU
this past year. As a deaf
individual, Mousavi not
only challenged himself,
but introduced a confron­tation
of alternate commu­nication
to those working
around him, establishing
the groundwork for new
policy at ERI.
(L E FT ) P A R K S AN D
Recreation management
major Kamran Mousavi
uses sign language
to spell "E.R.I." which
stands for the Ecologi­cal
Restoration Institute,
where he works as an
undergraduate research
assistant. Mousavi is
deaf but has been able to
work effectively with his
co-workers in the field
throuqh the use of sign
language and interpret­ers.
Originally from Mas­sachusetts,
Mousavi trans­ferred
to NAU last year,
with credits from the Roch
ester National Technical
Institute for the Deaf. Upon
commencing his education
at NAU, Mousavi, along
with an interpreter, glided
through orientation, and
into tne presence of Robin
Long, student services co­ordinator
for the ERI, who
also has extensive experi­ence
with the deaf commu­nity.
A sophomore parks and
recreation management
major, Mousavi possessed
an intense yea m ine to work
outside. He took tne neces­sary
steps during the Fall
of 2005, applying for a po
sition at the ERI by having
countless meetings with
Long
An application, along
with an extensive inter
viewi n g process, is demand
ed from ERI applicants,
and Jth ou gh hearing was
not a supporting factor for
Mousavi, his range of other
talents helped him ace his
first impression.
“ He nailed it in the inter
view with his attention to
detail * Long said.
See DEAF, paqe 8
N i g h t m a r e o n K n o l e s S t r e e t
Sweeping parking changes and street closures make traffic bad dreams agridlocked reality
R E B E CC A S C H U B ERT
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
New parking and traffic re­strictions
may cause a tussle
for many North Campus fac­ulty,
residents and commut­ers
as the university closes
streets and modifies parking
throughout the academic
year.
As part of the university’s
master plan to beautify the
campus, officials are making
several changes in parking,
traffic flow and the shuttle
system. On Aug. 18 Park
ing Lot r near the comer of
Butler Ave and Milton Road
was closed as the university
prepares for the building of
a hotel conference center on
North Campus.
“We are also permanently
shutting off north and south
bound traffic on Knoles, and
at points during the construc
tion one lane of Dupont will
be dosed." said Bobby Sedillo,
manager of parking and shut­tle
services.
See PARKING, paqe 3
N A U bookstore eyes
corporate takeover
SA M ST O K E R
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
Desiring to improve stu­dent
services and increase
profits, NAU is considering
outsourcing the management
of the University Bookstore,
potentially ending a 107 year
long tradition of independent
operation.
A committee of NAU ad­ministrators,
faculty and one
student is currently review
ing proposals received from
private vendors Aug. 10 and is
scheduled to announce a deci
sion in late October.
If, after reviewing the pro­posals,
the committee decides
outsourcing the bookstore is
advantageous to the univer­sity,
the successful bidder is
scheduled to take over opera
tions by the beginning of the
spring semester.
Kathe Shinham, vice presi
dent for Administration and
Finance, said the university’s
dec i sion to seek bi ds for the pri
vate management of the book
store was made this past spring
after a periodic review of cam
pus auxiliary operaflions.
See BO O KSTO RE, paqe 6
STU DENTS STAND IN line as the fall semester book
rush is business as usual, despite the possible outsourcing
of the NAU Bookstore.
Jenn Ireland/The Lumberjack
Angela Oakes/The Lumberjack
i

T h e L u m b e r ja c k An Independent Student Publication at Northern Arizona University
Sept. 7*13, 2 0 0 6
A s tro n o m e r s d em o te P lu to to dwarf p lan et
• The celestial body discovered in Flagstaff was recently knocked off list as ninth planet
Local
restaurant
manager
caught
videotaping
ladies room
A L E X S C H U B E RT
T he L umberjack
A video camera found in
the women’s batnroom of
a local Flagstaff restaurant
has left a community reel­ing
and a restaurant owner
caught in the media cross­fire.
Cameron E. Lauck, 21,
was arrested Aug. 18 after
a female guest discovered a
video camera in the ceiling
of the women’s restroom at
El Capitan Fresh Mexican
Grill on Milton.
See LOCAL, paqe 8
Senate
hopefuls
square off
Accusations fly as
potential nominees
offer-plans to clean
* bouse
M A TTH EW D EL O NG
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
Ever since form epAm o
na State Congressman and
D em ocraticfron t-ru n ner
Jack Jackson. Jr. dropped out
c>f the running for Rick Ren
zi’s seat in the U.S. House of
Representatives in March,
.^few political handicappers
have considered the race
particularly competitive.
See SE N A T E , paqe 5
A meeting in late August of
more thaii 2,500 astronomers
hosted by the International
Astronomers Union in the
Czech Republic re-evaluated
the guidelines of how to define
an object as a planet. When
Pluto failed to meet the new
requirements, astronomers
had to create a new definition
for the runt of the solar sys-
. Drew Brashler/The Lumberjack
D A V E BR U CE, J U N IO R electrical engineer major at NAU, looks through a Blink Comparator at the Lowell Observatory. The Blink Comparator was a
Jtool used by Clyde Tombaugh to help discover Pluto March 13,1930.
A L E X S C H U B E RT
The Lumberjack
The solar system taught
to most during elementary
school is no more. A slight
modification to a simple defi
nition has caused controversy
among scientists with the new
idea of a different, larger solar
system.
tem: a “dwarf planet.”
The original astronomical
definition of a planet was an
object that circled a star and
had enough mass to cause its
orbit to have a spherical shape.
This definition covered plan
ets ranging from the gas giant
of Jupiter to the tiny ice-rock
of Pluto. The new definition
requires celestial bodies to
clear its orbit around the sun
of space debris such as aster­oids,
as well as meet the previ­ous
qualifications. Since Pluto
is located in a region of the so­lar
system with large amounts
of small icy material known
as the Kuiper Belt, it does not
meet the new requirements
because the Belt contains over
70,000 as yet unidentified bod
ies over 100 km in diameter.
Despite the official count
of planets in our solar system
dwindling from nine to eight,
the IAU also voted in two new
additions. Two new dwarf
planets, one named Ceres
and another only nicknamed ♦
“Xena."
See PLUTO, paqe 9
Deaf student's voice heard loud and clear
Kamran Mousavi inspires signs of
change in PRMdepartment
O L IV IA S C H U B E RT
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
With a passion for na­ture
and extensive work ex­perience,
Kamran Mousavi,
a 29-year-oId transfer stu­dent,
was fueled by Flag
staff’s rich natural environ
ment to seek employment
with the Ecological Res
tdration Institute at NAU
this past year. As a deaf
individual, Mousavi not
only challenged himself,
but introduced a confron­tation
of alternate commu­nication
to those working
around him, establishing
the groundwork for new
policy at ERI.
(L E FT ) P A R K S AN D
Recreation management
major Kamran Mousavi
uses sign language
to spell "E.R.I." which
stands for the Ecologi­cal
Restoration Institute,
where he works as an
undergraduate research
assistant. Mousavi is
deaf but has been able to
work effectively with his
co-workers in the field
throuqh the use of sign
language and interpret­ers.
Originally from Mas­sachusetts,
Mousavi trans­ferred
to NAU last year,
with credits from the Roch
ester National Technical
Institute for the Deaf. Upon
commencing his education
at NAU, Mousavi, along
with an interpreter, glided
through orientation, and
into tne presence of Robin
Long, student services co­ordinator
for the ERI, who
also has extensive experi­ence
with the deaf commu­nity.
A sophomore parks and
recreation management
major, Mousavi possessed
an intense yea m ine to work
outside. He took tne neces­sary
steps during the Fall
of 2005, applying for a po
sition at the ERI by having
countless meetings with
Long
An application, along
with an extensive inter
viewi n g process, is demand
ed from ERI applicants,
and Jth ou gh hearing was
not a supporting factor for
Mousavi, his range of other
talents helped him ace his
first impression.
“ He nailed it in the inter
view with his attention to
detail * Long said.
See DEAF, paqe 8
N i g h t m a r e o n K n o l e s S t r e e t
Sweeping parking changes and street closures make traffic bad dreams agridlocked reality
R E B E CC A S C H U B ERT
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
New parking and traffic re­strictions
may cause a tussle
for many North Campus fac­ulty,
residents and commut­ers
as the university closes
streets and modifies parking
throughout the academic
year.
As part of the university’s
master plan to beautify the
campus, officials are making
several changes in parking,
traffic flow and the shuttle
system. On Aug. 18 Park
ing Lot r near the comer of
Butler Ave and Milton Road
was closed as the university
prepares for the building of
a hotel conference center on
North Campus.
“We are also permanently
shutting off north and south
bound traffic on Knoles, and
at points during the construc
tion one lane of Dupont will
be dosed." said Bobby Sedillo,
manager of parking and shut­tle
services.
See PARKING, paqe 3
N A U bookstore eyes
corporate takeover
SA M ST O K E R
T h e L u m b e r j a c k
Desiring to improve stu­dent
services and increase
profits, NAU is considering
outsourcing the management
of the University Bookstore,
potentially ending a 107 year
long tradition of independent
operation.
A committee of NAU ad­ministrators,
faculty and one
student is currently review
ing proposals received from
private vendors Aug. 10 and is
scheduled to announce a deci
sion in late October.
If, after reviewing the pro­posals,
the committee decides
outsourcing the bookstore is
advantageous to the univer­sity,
the successful bidder is
scheduled to take over opera
tions by the beginning of the
spring semester.
Kathe Shinham, vice presi
dent for Administration and
Finance, said the university’s
dec i sion to seek bi ds for the pri
vate management of the book
store was made this past spring
after a periodic review of cam
pus auxiliary operaflions.
See BO O KSTO RE, paqe 6
STU DENTS STAND IN line as the fall semester book
rush is business as usual, despite the possible outsourcing
of the NAU Bookstore.
Jenn Ireland/The Lumberjack
Angela Oakes/The Lumberjack
i